Chicago

Football pitches in Chicago

On holiday in Chicago? Here’s where you can get moving. The aupa map shows 173 football pitches in Chicago, 17 of them with floodlights. That’s 0.6 per 10,000 residents, rank 22 of 35 cities in the US. As of October 2026, based on OpenStreetMap.

Football pitches in Chicago

The map shows the 173 football pitches in Chicago, rounded to about 300 metres. The exact spot is in the app.

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Spot data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), prepared by aupa. Positions rounded to about 300 m. As of October 2026.

173
Football pitches on the map
0.6
per 10,000 residents
22.
rank in our city comparison in the US
17
with floodlights (per OpenStreetMap)

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Streets

Football pitches in Chicago: on these streets

The nearest street per OpenStreetMap; the number in brackets means several places. The exact spot, photos and who’s there right now are in the app.

  • North Marine Drive (3)
  • South Laflin Street (3)
  • West 44th Street (3)
  • West 61st Street (3)
  • North California Avenue (2)
  • North Campbell Avenue (2)
  • North Kedzie Avenue (2)
  • North Milwaukee Avenue (2)
  • North Sacramento Avenue (2)
  • South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive (2)
  • South Hamlin Boulevard (2)
  • South Homan Avenue (2)
  • South Loomis Street (2)
  • South Marquette Avenue (2)
  • South Mobile Avenue (2)
  • South Racine Avenue (2)
  • West 14th Place (2)
  • West 32nd Street (2)
  • West 50th Street (2)
  • West Foster Avenue (2)
  • West Marquette Road (2)
  • East 56th Street
  • North Albany Avenue
  • North Bishop Street
  • North Harding Avenue
  • North Humboldt Drive
  • North Kilbourn Avenue
  • North Kildare Avenue
  • North Kolmar Avenue
  • North Laramie Avenue
  • North Lavergne Avenue
  • North Leavitt Street
  • North Leoti Avenue
  • North Long Avenue
  • North Marshfield Avenue
  • North Meade Avenue
  • North Melvina Avenue
  • North Oak Park Avenue
  • North Paulina Street
  • North Point Street
  • North Rockwell Street
  • North Tripp Avenue
  • North West Circle Avenue
  • North Winchester Avenue
  • South Aberdeen Street
  • South Albany Avenue
  • South Bond Avenue
  • South California Avenue
  • South Calumet Avenue
  • South Dearborn Street
  • South Dorchester Avenue
  • South Eggleston Avenue
  • South Ellis Avenue
  • South Halsted Street
  • South Justine Street
  • South Keeler Avenue
  • South Kildare Avenue
  • South Kostner Avenue
  • South Lake Park Avenue
  • South Laporte Avenue
  • South Lawndale Avenue
  • South Lowe Avenue
  • South Michigan Avenue
  • South Rockwell Street
  • South Wallace Street
  • South Washtenaw Avenue
  • South Wells Street
  • West 13th Street
  • West 18th Street
  • West 28th Street
  • West 30th Street
  • West 36th Street
  • West 37th Street
  • West 41st Street
  • West 47th Place
  • West 47th Street
  • West 56th Street
  • West 57th Street
  • West 59th Street
  • West 63rd Place
  • West 63rd Street
  • West 71st Street
  • West 79th Street
  • West Addison Street
  • West Armitage Avenue
  • West Bloomingdale Avenue
  • West Buena Circle
  • West Congress Parkway
  • West Eugenie Street
  • West Garfield Boulevard
  • West Grace Street
  • West Harrison Street
  • West Hastings Street
  • West Highland Avenue
  • West Jackson Boulevard
  • West Jarlath Street
  • West Lawrence Drive
  • West Leland Avenue
  • West Lunt Avenue
  • West Monroe Street
  • West Montrose Avenue
  • West Parker Avenue
  • West Polk Street
  • West Roscoe Street
  • West Schubert Avenue
  • West Wabansia Avenue
  • West Walton Street
  • West Webster Avenue
  • West Wendell Street
  • West Wilson Drive

Where the surface is recorded (47 of 173), it’s mostly artificial turf (72%) and grass (28%).

Comparison

Football pitches: city comparison in the US

Sorted by places per 10,000 residents. Population: GeoNames.

CityTotalper 10,000
Portland1342.1
Denver1251.7
Oklahoma City1001.5
Charlotte1171.3
Honolulu451.3
Dallas1601.2
San Jose1091.1
Indianapolis961.1
Austin1041.1
Baltimore611.0
Seattle801.0
Nashville681.0
Columbus901.0
San Antonio1450.9
Phoenix1440.9
Boston550.8
Houston1940.8
Washington560.8
Louisville490.8
Chicago1730.6
Good to know

From a fenced cage with artificial turf to a patch of grass with two goals: over 61,000 pitches and soccer fields are on the map. On public pitches you just turn up and play, while club fields are often locked. In aupa, every place tells you which it is.

Surface, goal size, whether there are nets: the community fills that in bit by bit. Short of players for a game? Open a lobby. Anyone nearby sees that you’re still two short.

CageArtificial turfGoal sizeLobby
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FAQ

Questions about football pitches in Chicago

How many football pitches are there in Chicago?
The aupa map shows 173 football pitches in Chicago (as of October 2026). That’s 0.6 per 10,000 residents, rank 22 of 35 cities in the US. The data comes from OpenStreetMap and the community adds to it in the app.
Where are football pitches with floodlights in Chicago?
Per OpenStreetMap, 17 of the 173 football pitches in Chicago have floodlights, for example on these streets: North Humboldt Drive, South Aberdeen Street, South Dearborn Street, South Dorchester Avenue and South Laflin Street. Whether the lights really come on at night is confirmed by the community in the app.
Which app shows football pitches in Chicago?
aupa: a free community app with over 450,000 places to get outside, including 173 football pitches in Chicago. You see who’s there right now and bring people along. You can’t book courts with aupa. The app is in beta: instantly on iPhone via TestFlight, Android is coming.
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